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Hearses carrying family members who were killed in a flash flood leave St. Patrick Catholic Church, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Ten members of an extended Arizona family were killed earlier this month in flash flood while they celebrated a birthday. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Liang-Li after 24...Bh3.
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Palestinian women pray at the Lion's Gate following an appeal from clerics to pray in the streets instead of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Dozens of Muslims have prayed in the street outside a major Jerusalem shrine, heeding a call by clerics not to enter the site until a dispute with Israel over security arrangements is settled. This comes after Israel removed metal detectors earlier on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Sudan Corruption Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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A billboard welcomes Pope Francis, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 27, 2017. On Friday, Francis is scheduled to begin a two-day pilgrimage to Egypt aimed at lifting the spirits of Christians in the Middle East, whose numbers have rapidly dwindled in recent decades due to war, displacement and emigration. The visit will include a meeting with Egypt's president and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar as well as a Mass in a stadium on the outskirts of Cairo. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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FILE - This Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, Gail Blackmore, right, and James Oler arrive at the courthouse in Cranbrook, British Columbia. Two former bishops of an isolated religious commune in British Columbia were convicted Monday, July 24, of practicing polygamy after a decades-long legal fight launched by the provincial government. The court found James Oler married five women in so-called "celestial" marriages involving residents in the tiny religious community of Bountiful. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, center, stands in front of St. Margaret Mary's Catholic School in Lower Burrell, Pa., to announce the arrest of the Rev. John Thomas Sweeney, Monday, July 24, 2017. Sweeney, a now-retired Roman Catholic priest is accused of forcing a 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy to perform oral sex on him after counseling the 4th-grader about misbehaving on a school bus. Sweeney made no comment to reporters when he turned himself in. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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The Rev. John Thomas Sweeney, center, walks into court to be arraigned Monday, July 24, 2017, in Leechburg, Pa. Sweeney, a now-retired Roman Catholic priest is accused of forcing a 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy to perform oral sex on him after counseling the 4th-grader about misbehaving on a school bus. Sweeney made no comment to reporters when he turned himself in. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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The Rev. John Thomas Sweeney, center, waits for his attorney following his arraignment Monday, July 24, 2017, in Leechburg, Pa. Sweeney, a now-retired Roman Catholic priest is accused of forcing a 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy to perform oral sex on him after counseling the 4th-grader about misbehaving on a school bus. Sweeney made no comment to reporters when he turned himself in. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Actress Kristen Bell - Height 5’1”
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The Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound is seen in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, July 23, 2017. Israel installed new security cameras Sunday at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site, as officials began indicating it was considering "alternatives" to the metal detectors at the contested shrine that set off a weekend of violence and raised tensions in the region. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton delivers during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Paris Saint-Germain's Dani Alves, second from right, and teammates practice Monday, July 17, 2017, in Miami Shores, Fla., in preparation for the International Champions Cup, during which the team will take on Juventus. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)
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Paris Saint-Germain manager Unai Emery leads practice Monday, July 17, 2017, in Miami Shores, Fla., in preparation for the International Champions Cup, during which the team will take on Juventus. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)
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Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout catches a fly ball hit by Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, July 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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This June 4, 2017 photo provided by Kaper-Dale for Governor shows the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, pastor of the Highland Park Reformed Church in New Jersey, at a Medicare rally in Hackensack, N.J. Kaper-Dale is the Green Party candidate for governor in New Jersey. (Kaper-Dale for Governor via AP)
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Palestinians pray outside Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, July 21, 2017. Israel police severely restricted Muslim access to a contested shrine in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday to prevent protests over the installation of metal detectors at the holy site. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Miami Marlins' Christian Yelich hits an RBI single off Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Wandy Peralta during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Cincinnati. The Marlins won 3-1. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Chicago Blackhawks' Brandon Saad speaks at a news conference during the NHL hockey team's convention Friday, July 21, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
